Racquel
Senior Member

Originally Posted by Beth_M

Okay.. the potassium thing.

Restaurant meals tend to be high in sodium. A lot of the gain (at least for me) after eating out I feel is from salt. Potassium taken in about the same level as sodium should keep some of the water retention at bay.

"kidneys respond to excess sodium by flushing it out in the urine. Unfortunately, this also removes potassium. If potassium levels are low, the body tries to hoard it, which also means hanging onto sodium. Water

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Originally Posted by Melody Hope

This was the list of vegetarian protein substitutes I was given and it has worked for me:

(follow all recommended serving sizes on package)
Ezekiel Bread (May want to wait until maintenance and only eat one slice)
Quinoa (Wait till maintenance)
GNC Pro Performanace AMP Amplified Whey Protein - Vanilla
Pro Energy Natural Whey Protein Isolate - Vanilla
Nasoya Organic Tofu: all plain forms, Chinese Spice, Garlic & Onion, all Lite forms, Silken

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Originally Posted by Boomer

Oh my!!! WARNING: some may consider this rogue....BUT...I just made Ranch Dressing and am SO excited for lunch because it is AWESOME! You mix cottage cheese (I used like 3-4 TBS) with 2 TBS milk a whole bunch of spices (dill, parsley, onion, garlic, salt) and water (or chicken broth) to desired consistency. I made it pretty thin so it goes farther. It is AWESOME! It made about 5 oz worth. So, I'm thinking I can have the jar last about 1-2 weeks if I use it ever so sparingly to just add some

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couldn't help myself.

Created a "am i REALLY hungry test?" for myself as I seem to struggle in this area....

1.) Hmmm am i hungry? (Thinks about P4 food/ Watches kids eat Pizza / drives by 31 Flavors / smells fried chicken / husband on coach eating chips / food commercial on tv / coworker just made popcorn / work luncheon) Yup I think i'm hungry...
2.) Before skip days, dose adjusting, forum posting, panicking, obsessing, stuffing face

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Chalking it up as a mental break day and getting my head back in the game tomorrow. Not sure what it is. Still been messinng with my dose trying to get it right. I have no hunger for like 1 or 2 days and then i am starving. Having a really hard time breaking the old bad habits when i am starving, it makes it so much worse then when i feel "full" those few days. Plus i think once you kinda cheat it just snowballs.And that was me tonight. snowballing. bad...

so starting over

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